Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.
Providing expertise in mechanical engineering,
systems engineering, forensics engineering, technical consulting, program management with emphasis in construction, manufacturing, power generation, aerospace, and product development, forensic investigation and analysis, expert testimony, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.
Principal Engineer, engineering consulting firm, Jupiter, FL
Provided advanced engineering services for the construction, manufacturing, power generation, aerospace, and product development industry. Set up a procurement system that exceeded government requirements. Performed advanced finite element analysis addressing structural and heat transfer concerns. Designed and analyzed structural building and foundations, generated blue prints for residential and commercial buildings. Performed on site installation of laboratory test sensors to determine operating temperatures, pressures, stress. Sensors included strain gages, dynamic and static pressure, and thermocouples and design of special test equipment for product validation for correlation to analytical predictions. Performed
failure analysis on various parts determine the operating environment by practical or test methods and followed by correlation to metallurgical/test laboratory and analytical results.
Business Development / Principal Engineer, Parametric Solutions, Inc., Jupiter, FL
Was responsible for program management / business development of 50 person engineering firm providing engineering services to the construction, turbine, aerospace, medical product industry.
Combustion Program Manager, Power System Manufacturing, LLC, A Calpine Company, Jupiter, FL
Was responsible for program management of land based turbine combustion conversion business for ABB11N1 and GE Frame 7EA. Including product development, manufacturing, customer relations, strategic business development, contract management, and employee motivation. Delivered construction and engineering program requirements up to 16% under budget, all milestones were on time or ahead of schedule for programs valued in excess of $8.4M. Managed a design team of 14, to design a Dry Low Nox (DLN) combustion conversion kit for an ABB11N1 oil-burning unit.
Operational Military Engines, Turbine Manager, United Technologies Corporation, Pratt & Whitney West Palm Beach, FL
Managed turbine activities, including new business planning, financial and resource planning, new design management, contract negotiations, engineering, product configuration, productions, customer service and fleet safety. Delivered construction and engineering program requirements up to 26% under budget, all milestones were on time or ahead of schedule for programs valued in excess of $255M. Managed programs up to 15% under budget, while program requirements were on time or ahead of schedule. Ensured compliance with program and contract requirements, conduct financial and program reviews on a monthly basis. Managed an effort to introduce a new product line, while reducing cycle time to incorporation from 18 months to 11 months. Managed business analysis activities to propose new tasks. Managed outsourcing decisions, contracts valued at $11.8M, defined contractor selection process, established an open line of communications to improve product quality. Managed and developed deliverable specifications. Mentored program staff to ensure "Mickey Friendly" and "FedEx Fast" increasing customer satisfaction by 500% in two years.
Safety / Risk Manager, Pratt & Whitney, West Palm Beach, FL
Directed safety activities for a fleet of over 5000 military aircraft engines, the worlds largest. Responsible for Program Management; Engineering; Manufacturing; Customer Service; Contract Administration; and Marketing. Director of Risk Management Plans valued at $265M for military product lines. Balanced environmental impacts, economic, scheduling and technical objectives reducing safety related occurrences by 34% in 2 years. Recognized for delivering $4.5M cost reduction by leading a 12-member statistician and manufacturing team to evaluate lean manufacturing process improvement for Total Quality Management (TQM) and Safety related issues. Developed and implemented a state-of-the-art electronics database to link with Government systems collecting remote data, resulting in real time safety comparison to predictions ensuring corrective maintenance was being performed in a timely fashion.
New Business Program Manager, Pratt & Whitney, West Palm Beach, FL
Led 35 person marketing and engineering team; with 15 direct reports to define solutions to customer requirements. Responsible for program activities and fiscal responsibility for $35M annual budget. Won a new $115M program in a declining market by leading an aggressive technical and marketing campaign. Developed programs to increased market share by 18%. Managed program activities and maintain fiscal responsibility for budget of $35M yearly. Recipient of $4.5M cost reduction awards.
Pratt & Whitney, West Palm Beach, FL
Served in progressively more responsible positions, beginning in Prototype Construction progressing through to Test Integration and Design engineering. Responsible for managing several diverse technical teams utilizing all functions of engineering to develop, design and test new products. Promoted to Product Manager / Technical Team leader managing prototype test assets to validate new products. Promoted in less than two years to New Business Program Manager.
